Elevator head material guide means

In a conveyor for moving material including endless moving belt means having a plurality of cooperatively associated cups thereon for receiving and carrying material as said endless belt moves between spaced pulleys and discharging material as said cups pass around one of said pulleys, a housing generally enclosing said endless belt means, and an arcuate baffle to aid in retaining material in said cups as the latter pass around said one pulley prior to material discharge, said baffle having a configuration substantially complementary to the arcuate path of said cups about said one pulley and having an entry end adjacent arriving cups and an exit end remote therefrom, the improvement comprising:

• means mounting said baffle to said housing in fixed relation to space said entry end of said baffle from said housing thereby to define an opening between said baffle and said housing into which moving air and dust can flow and be diverted from proximity to said cups as they move about said one pulley to minimize air turbulence thereat prior to discharging material from said cups, said means mounting said baffle to said housing being adjustable thereby to permit mounting of said baffle in a selected fixed position whereby air flows between said baffle and said housing away from said cups may be regulated as desired, said means mounting said baffle to said housing includes a pair of laterally spaced legs secured to the entry end of the baffle, and means securing said legs to said housing, said opening being disposed between said legs.